I have been an aquarist for over 40 years and about 20 years ago, I had the idea of making good products even better. We developed and implemented ideas for soft granules and food pastes. At the time, everything was developed for discus, but it quickly became clear to many that it is also a great food for all other aquarium inhabitants. We are very proud of our products, whether it’s food or water conditioners.
Hello discus friends, we would like to thank you very much, because you have made Discusfood Beef Heart Soft Granules our most successful article 2024/2025, over 6000 units sold worldwide in just two months leave us speechless, thank you for that. Also for the many positive feedbacks from you. Here is another report on what makes our Discusfood Beef Heart Soft Granules a game changer in beef heart feeding. First of all, the red discus on the packaging does not mean that the food is only suitable for red discus, it can be fed to all colours. It just stands for what a good food can do for a discus.
In the last few days we have received many questions about our Beef Heart Soft granules. I would like to answer a few questions here and report from my point of view. I have been addicted to discus fibre for more than 40 years now. In this long period of time, I have learnt a lot, and what I was convinced of in the past, I now know that I was wrong. Many things have become simpler, the food is better and more readily available today. Who came up with the idea of beef heart back then, Asia or Germany, will probably never be found out, but it was initially only used by large breeding farms in order to have a simple and cheap mast feed back then. It is also very easy to mix hormones, colour enhancers and medicines into beef heart feed. Today we know that beef blood and beef fat cannot be digested by discus fish. Together with the long-fibre collagen fibres, they form an ideal nutrient mucus for parasites. Gelatine is often added in large quantities to achieve better binding, which is also very difficult or impossible to digest. All together, fat, blood and gelatine cause the intestinal walls of the fish to completely stick together. The result is often white, gelatinous excrement. Since I switched to frozen food (artemia, mussels and the like) as well as FD food and granules, I have had far fewer problems with my fish. While looking for new sources of protein, I came across pure beef heart protein by chance, after a few phone calls I received my samples white and with a structure like powdered sugar, it contains no fat and no blood, the long-fibre collagen chains were broken down. This gave me the idea of using the good stuff, the proteins, and leaving out the bad stuff, blood, fat and gelatine. Many farms that have tested our Beef Heart Soft granules are delighted: better growth, fewer health problems and better water quality. The softening formula prevents the granules from swelling in the stomach. This is particularly important for growing fish, because if they have eaten an unsoftened granulate that can swell up to twice or three times its original volume, this can often lead to the death of the animals with simple granulates. Better and more uniform growth was also observed. And let’s not even mention the water quality compared to raw beef heart. For all these reasons, we have opted for Beef Heart Soft granules.
But our Best Heart range goes even further, because our Best Heart Granules Flakes are based on the same idea.
The development of the ‘fully extruded flake’
The following article explains the background that led to the development of the fully extruded flake by Discusfood. The following is to give an overview of the historical development of dry food for ornamental fish and of ornamental fish flakes.
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Discusfood, main sponsor of the trophies for the 5th European Discus Championchip
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Catappa Royal
One of the most powerful antibacterial natural products.
It has natural antibiotic and fungicidal properties.
- supports and strengthens the immune system of your fish
- Can significantly improve the quality of the fish water by reducing germs
- The spawn is better protected against fungal attack
- Fish suffering from fin rot and inflammation can recover more quickly
All of these factors have a positive effect in the fight against fish diseases such as the spot disease in tetras, the so-called glottal eye disease and the hole disease in discus fish. The mucous membranes are protected particularly effectively.
The rich premium concentrate is particularly suitable when setting up a new aquarium, as well as when setting up a breeding tank, when keeping sensitive fish species, during the transport of a fish to a new aquarium, during a bacterial disease of the fish or during the spawning phase of discus fish and other species. Create water that is suitable for fish with a 100 % natural product.
Artemia/ Brine Shrimps Microgranulate 50%
Artemia/ Brine Shrimps Microgranulate 50% 45g
The softing prevents the granules from swelling in the aquarium water or in the digestive tract of the fish and at the same time increases the acceptance of the food. With a grain size of approx. 0.1 mm, this complete food is excellently suited for the efficient rearing of fish larvae and juveniles and can help even the smallest representatives such as larvae of Bettas or Corydoras to become „big and strong“. Since the fine granules are distributed almost evenly throughout the tank, the supply of the greatest possible number of young is guaranteed.